Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 2

The week was not exactly off to a great start with no counts conducted on the first 2 days due to snow. But, we made up for it later with some westerly winds and clear skies. The pick of the week was 3/25 with 143 migrants. Our first of years included American Goshawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, and Peregrine Falcon. Blackbirds and American Robins also made a good showing in the middle of the week, along with 2 Sandhill Cranes, Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, and Eastern Phoebe.  

Week 2 Totals (current week - total to date – season average)  

BLACK VULTURE  0-0-1

TURKEY VULTURE  142-185-414  

OSPREY 0-0-400

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 9-27-81

NORTHERN HARRIER 8-9-108

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 5-7-661

COOPER’S HAWK 8-10-68

NORTHERN GOSHAWK 1-1-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 22-29-88

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0-0-1888

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 17-29-202

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-1-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 7-7-364

MERLIN 2-2-71

PEREGRINE FALCON 2-2-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 1-2-47  

TOTAL 224-311-4407